Hello Once Again. After thinking about whether or not I shall create a second entry so soon, at the risk of revealing my identity, I decided why the hell not.

Many people on these boards came to criticize Babson’s curriculum, so I’ve decided to further some comments made and topics discussed. I do believe that the Science Classes at Babson are simply repeats of high school sciences (perhaps even middle school) and that many of the liberal arts foundation courses are repeats of each other. One Class that sticks out in my mind as the epitome of Babson’s reputation, thus the source of the Almighty Hell, is the Devil formerly known as FME, or to the students as F-ME.

Long ago, back in the days of the covered wagon and when the Yankees were winning in the postseason, when the “potential freshmen” would tour Babson, it was explained to them that FME is why Babson is above other schools. FME seems to be the “life changing experience” that puts Babson ahead of any other business school. Well, one students take FME they can realize how badly mistaken they were at that time. Here’s why:

FME is a waste of in class time. It is simply going over programs like Excel, Access and perhaps even PowerPoint (might as well be Rybolt’s class) and the exams are comprised of problems with databases and basic accounting. Granted accounting is important in a business, but is IT really deserving of 50% of the FME cirriculum??? Now if you have horrible professors (mine never gave above a B+) then the problems are exacerbated.

Now I will go into the FME business. This “demi-god” is bestowed upon us by the administration and hyped up to be one of the biggest deals on Earth, when in all reality, all of that extra work is worth just over A THIRD of a class. We have to take 4 2/3 classes on top of this business, but social life’s are stunted and so is happiness because of the constant work involved in FME businesses, especially as officers. The fact that Babson is known for sadistic workloads does not help the students cause anyway.

Here is why the businesses are overrated. One is that when you are working, you cannot choose who you want to be in the business with (limited to class) and what the ideas are for the business. Some of the business ideas only make it through because of personal popularity rather than actual logistical merit, and good ideas are thrown out. And you are often in the business with 10-20 people that really don’t care about the business either, making it counter-productive. A better idea would be to let the kids in the grade form arbitrary groups of 30 and then come up with business ideas.

Sometimes this school makes me wonder why I even bother getting up in the morning, when I’m just going to face Babson every single day. I also wonder why I’m not an alcoholic.

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